Socioeconomic determinants of mortality in two Canadian provinces: Multilevel modelling and neighborhood context

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1435-1447

  Roos, Leslie L ^a   Magoon, Jennifer ^a   Gupta, Sumit ^b   Chateau, Dan ^a   Veugelers, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health status; Income; Mortality; Record linkage; Registry; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INCOME; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NOVA SCOTIA; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 3042833671     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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